Adoption Under One Roof - Comments for "Trauma Tuesday: PTSD and Cycles of Emotions"

ptsd

stumbled across your post while looking for info on trauma cycles. My PTSD is from something else so not every thing is going to be the same, although a lot is similiar. My recommendation for anxiety? it is seriously better for me and many others than drugs. Hypnosis. I learned self hypnosis to stop the milder anxiety attacks, i can do about level 3 on my own. With someone who knows what they are doing you can get further down and deal with a lot. Its even possible to you use "memory boxes" to take a specific memory and keep it from being pulled up as a flashback. hard to describe, mainly works for fresh trauma. but instead of the flashback all you get is the image of the box its in. Doesn't work for everything but its a help and you can still "get in" the box if you need the information. You're also able to reset some PTSD triggers by linking them to something else through hypnosis. again doesn't work for extreme large scale stuff, but for some of the smaller specific triggers it works great.

Glad to help

Hi, John.

I am very glad that you found this helpful. It is not easy to talk about the h#$% that is PTSD, but I think it is worthwhile if it can help adoptive parents to understand what is going on with their kids a little better.

Take care,

- Faith

++++++++++

We must BE the change we wish to see in the world. - Ghandi

Meditation & yoga

Hi, Dee.

Yes, I do use yoga and meditation to help me with my PTSD symptoms. Sometimes it is very helpful, but other times is doesn't really help that much. Sometimes my brain is racing so badly that I simply cannot silence it through meditation. What is most helpful is reminding myself that this, too, shall pass.

- Faith

++++++++++

We must BE the change we wish to see in the world. - Ghandi

Thanks Faith

Most of us who raise kids with PTSD do not have the disorder. That is a large disadvantage. We see symptoms and can make educated guesses about what our child is going through, but even with professional help, there is still a huge chunk that we don't get. Your sharing on this is incredibly helpful. I wish this was a rare disorder, but kids from foster care seem to have a very high incidence of PTSD.

So Sorry

Wow, Faith, I am so sorry you go through this. I was wondering if perhaps meditation would help? There's a book you should just read, and see if some of the ideas in there are helpful, The Gabriel Method.

Take care,
Dee

Check out my blog - http://deescribbler.typepad.com/my_weblog/